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LONDON (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Stephen Green urged bankers to consider the "common good" in business decisions, saying former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1987 remark that society didn't exist was wrong.
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DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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Small businesses said card transaction sales have not appeared in their bank accounts for the past week after HSBC Bermuda merchant deposits failed to be processed on time.
Peter Richold, of All Wrapped Up in Washington Mall, said none of his custome...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — The dollar tumbled to a 14-year low against the yen yesterday as investor concerns about the debt problems afflicting Dubai prompted a rush towards safe haven assets, like the Japanese currency.
By mid-afternoon London time, the dollar ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Investors welcomed new China and US climate targets 10 days before a UN summit but an Australian carbon vote delay hinted at wider difficulties to cement a global deal.
Traders in a $126 billion carbon market want tight climate tar...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's top shares ended at a three-week closing low, pressured by hefty falls in the banking sector as concerns over Dubai's ability to pay its debts took a toll on confidence.
The FTSE 100 ended 3.2 percent lower, or down 170.68 points, ...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group investors yesterday overwhelmingly approved the bank's record rights issue but gave executives a grilling for mistakes made during the financial crisis. Lloyds said 99.75 percent of shareholders ap...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Gold advanced to a record for the third time this week after Sri Lanka's central bank purchased bullion and the dollar extended its decline, spurring investors to find an alternative.
Sri Lanka bought 10 metric tons from the In...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — The London Stock Exchange PLC halted trading for three and a half hours yesterday because of a technical glitch that prevented some customers from connecting to its systems.
The LSE, Europe's oldest independent exchange, resumed trading...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc. chief financial officer David Herzog will get an annual stock salary of $3.1 million and be eligible for as much as $833,333 in incentive pay under a plan approved by the US government.
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DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — A UK index of retail sales rose in November to the highest in two years, adding to evidence Britain has escaped the longest recession on record.
Retailers saying sales volumes rose from a year earlier outnumbered those reporting ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2009
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